Comments on: The Witch’s Ride http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/the-witchs-ride/ David Cairns' wilfully eccentric film blog. Fri, 16 May 2008 04:36:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: dcairns http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/the-witchs-ride/#comment-2895 dcairns Fri, 09 May 2008 18:50:03 +0000 http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=632#comment-2895 Yes, which I finally listened to -- good job! Yes, which I finally listened to — good job!

]]> By: David Ehrenstein http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/the-witchs-ride/#comment-2894 David Ehrenstein Fri, 09 May 2008 13:56:01 +0000 http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=632#comment-2894 You're right. <i>Faust</i> is Murnau's masterpeice, IMO. And Bill Krohn and I do the commentary track on the "Masters of Cinema" DVD. You’re right. Faust is Murnau’s masterpeice, IMO. And Bill Krohn and I do the commentary track on the “Masters of Cinema” DVD.

]]> By: dcairns http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/the-witchs-ride/#comment-2888 dcairns Fri, 09 May 2008 08:49:14 +0000 http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=632#comment-2888 i had to check because that didn't seem right -- <em>Mask of Satan </em>is based on <em>The Viy</em>, whereas the Karloff episode of <em>I Tre Volti </em>is based on Aleksei Tolstoi's <em>Sem'ya Vurdulaka</em>. Both rather loosely, I suspect. Yes, if we include other magical flights, Sabu jumps to somewhere near the top, and the animated short The Snowman is a runner-up. But I'd put Murnau's <em>Faust </em>at the very pinnacle. http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2008/01/07/the-prophecy/ i had to check because that didn’t seem right — Mask of Satan is based on The Viy, whereas the Karloff episode of I Tre Volti is based on Aleksei Tolstoi’s Sem’ya Vurdulaka. Both rather loosely, I suspect.

Yes, if we include other magical flights, Sabu jumps to somewhere near the top, and the animated short The Snowman is a runner-up. But I’d put Murnau’s Faust at the very pinnacle. http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2008/01/07/the-prophecy/

]]> By: David Ehrenstein http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/the-witchs-ride/#comment-2879 David Ehrenstein Thu, 08 May 2008 21:30:38 +0000 http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=632#comment-2879 The same short story was used for one of the episodes of Mario Bava's <i> I Tre Volti Della Paura</i> . As for flying my fave is Sabu's Genie Airways in <i>The Thief of Baghdad</i>. The same short story was used for one of the episodes of Mario Bava’s I Tre Volti Della Paura .

As for flying my fave is Sabu’s Genie Airways in The Thief of Baghdad.

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